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Posted by Eddie on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 8:47pm.

You head downstream on a river in a canoe. You can paddle at 5.2 km/h and the river is flowing at 2.2 km/h. How far downstream will you be in 30 minutes?

physics - drwls, Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 8:51pm
Add the paddling speed and the river velocity to get the velocity with respect to land.

Multiply that sum by 0.5 hours for the distance traveled.
physics - Eddie, Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 9:34pm
thanks

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